[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Estell Manor as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted by Ord. No. 92-7 (Ch. III, Sec. 3-8, of the 1974 Revised General Ordinances)]
The purpose of this article is to provide standards and regulations for various types of intrusion, burglar, fire and other emergency alarm devices, whether by direct line, radio, telephone or other means, for the purposes of giving alarm to summon emergency services. The provisions of this article shall apply to any person who operates, maintains or owns any alarm device or local alarm designed to summon the police, Fire Department or other emergency services to any location in response to any type of alarm signal.
Any party owning or operating an alarm device shall maintain said alarm in proper working condition, and each and every false alarm in excess of three such false alarms which occurs in any twelve-month period shall constitute a violation of this article and shall subject the owner or operator to a penalty as otherwise provided herein.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Sec. 3-8.3, Charges for false alarms, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III)]
Violation of any provision of this article shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty, of the Code of the City of Estell Manor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on the day in which a violation occurs and each day the violation continues to occur.